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Fantastic Arcade honors indie games with Starcade awards
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Last night, the folks at Fantastic Fest’s Fantastic Arcade awarded eight games at a Starcade awards ceremony.
The games awarded represent some of the best indie games presented at this year’s Arcade event, culled from about 100 submissions.
The winners were:
Best in Show: “Faraway” by Little—Eyes.
Audience Choice Award: “Fez” by Polytron.
Most Punished for Lack of Ninjas Award: “Radical Fishing” by Vlambeer.
The Bionic Commando Award for Grappling Hook Excellence Award: “Capsized” by AlienTrap.
The “You got 2D in my 3D, or maybe 3D in my 2D” Award: “Fez” by Polytron.
The Mandlebrot Award: “Fract” by Phosfiend Systems.
The Most Recent Use of Japanese Tradition by Westerners Award: “Skulls of the Shogun” by Haunted Temple Studios.
The Implied Cephalopod Intercourse Award: “Octodad” by Team Octodad
The Teach the Controversy Award: “Jesus vs. Dinosaurs” by Martin Jonasson, Petri Purho
You can check out more info and videos of all the Spotlight games here. And the gaming blog Joystiq has posted a photo gallery of images from Fantastic Arcade. We’ve got our own gallery of party pics from the opening night party at Fantastic Fest.
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